Dumb And Uninformed Elected Officials: "Now They're Going After The Babies"

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Dumb and Uninformed Actions by Dumb and Uninformed Elected Officials
By: Ruth Calvo Thursday June 16, 2011 10:37 am

While all the major media outlets were carrying news about Rep. Weiner’s penis, the House adopted projected Agriculture Budget cuts that will seriously diminish the U.S. support for women and children if they prevail. Although there were several – well, approaching 20 – members of the right who declined to add their vote, the measure passed with one Dem. joining in the irresponsible measure to reduce spending on needy for nutrition, by support of farmers that contribute their products and are repaid.

As mentioned yesterday, these cuts reflect raises in the Pentagon budget while lowering assistance not only to WIC (Women, Infants and Children) nutrition grants. They are another blow to the very victims produced by the excesses the right wing has brought about by its deregulation of the financial industry and its disapproval of any and all measures to return a rightful wage to working people, and to any benefits they could profit from. “Nutrition didn’t drive our economy into the ditch. Nutrition didn’t keep banks from extending loans,” (GA congressman John) Lewis maintained. “Now they’re going after the babies…They (the babies) didn’t overextend our credit card.”

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Like many of her offerings, the cut to a proven good program was typical of the aggressively ignorant Rep. Foxx. She also opposes public education, since in her suburban community high performance is not produced by spending.

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to the babies they insisted be born.

What better way to punish a sexually active woman than force her to have babies and then force the babies to go hungry. Perfect.

but I'm sure they'll try

These cockroaches have no limits

Where's my can of Raid when I need it?